It’s official: I’m now 100% done with VRChat. The reasoning wasn’t from words I said that were against someone’s opinion, it was simply.. boredom (and being fed up of not having VR).
And to make sure that I’m fully DONE this time, I’ve uninstalled the game, removed myself from two VRChat-related Discord servers, uninstalled Unity (including all the uploaded content, and all the packages I downloaded) …and finally going into Firefox to clearing out my search history of asking about something in VRChat (including going into my Youtube history and removing all watched VRChat videos, hoping I’ll never see this game in my Recommended videos).
Overall, I want to completely remove myself from ever thinking about this game.
You might feel this is going overboard, and you’re probably right. But there’s been a continuing pattern, where people with VR seem to be much more popular (than people like myself who use the Desktop version). And it’s to be expected, because the name is literally there in the game title: ‘VR‘Chat.
It continues to make me wish, that this game was VR-only. But if they did that, they would be shooting themselves in the foot. Having a popular game like that (thanks to YouTubers showing how fucking rich they are), being exclusively for VR ..not many people would be playing it.
The whole reason that Desktop users like myself could play, is this game is nothing but a sales pitch to get people into VR. And it disgusts me. I would rather see the game, not exist at all — than feel like these companies who make and sell these expensive VR sets, are able to cash in on the success of the game.
And, even if I didn’t feel this, and ‘allowed’ this to happen (because of how ‘cool and shiny’ it is (just like I thought when I got into VRChat for the first time), I would likely be dead and cremated, before I ever have the money (and the system), to afford something like this. Hell, I can nearly guarantee it.
Plus, there’s no guarantee I’ll be able to handle the higher pixel rate (and the motion sickness) that comes with it. I have no way of simply.. testing to see if I really -want- VR.
But, whatever. I just need to remove the game from my brain, and never go back. I’ll admit, it was fun while it lasted (and I had some good laughs). But it all fell apart yesterday in Best Boi lands. Watching people with VR get so much attention, being able to hug eachother and just having a good ole time, while I’m sitting on the sidelines with two ‘broken’ arms and legs.
It greatly upsets me (there are actual tears in my eyes IRL from writing this), that I can’t have the same enjoyment they can! It’s like a man who can’t see (and/or hear). I don’t.. belong here. “Why am I even playing this game?” kept going through my mind.
I asked one final question in the VRChat Discord, if there’s any hope for a VR-like experience for Desktop users (in the future). Being able to move your hands, is a good start. …But I want to be able to move my arms, too.
The answer was “they’re working on something, but it’s low priority”. After that.. I snapped and suddenly got furiously angry. And that’s when I wanted to ‘cut ties’ with VRChat, immediately uninstalling the game and removing myself from those Discord servers.
I have no business, playing this game (when I can’t play it the way it was designed).
The Desktop version, should had been a ‘free trial’. And when it expires, has links to get a VR headset (and you can’t play anymore until you get one).
Fucking enforce the ‘VR’ in VRChat!!